Picture-hanger.



N. JAGOBSON.

PICTURE HAIJGER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1911.

1,010,633. 7 I PatentedDec.5,19I1.

Inventor Attorneys NELS JACOBSON, F BAG LEY, MICHIGAN.

PICTURE-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 4, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

Serial No. 618,892.

. T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, New J AooBsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bagley, in the county of Menominee and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Picture-Hanger, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to picture hangers, more especially of that type which are adapted to hold a picture frame or a piece of crockery or the like against an upright wall; and the object of the invention is to.

construct a picture hanger of this kind com prising three metallic members and a single piece of cord. This object is accomplished by my invention which is hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a picture frame with this hanger applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof. Figs. 3 and 1 are perspective views on an enlarged scale of the upper and lower hooks respectively. Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof the plate member or clasp, viewed from the rear. Fig. 6 is an elevation from the front, showing this clasp member and the manner in which the cord is sprung'therethrough.

In the drawings the letter P designates a picture in the present instance, although it will be understood that this might be a plate or plaque too cumbersome or too valuable to mount upon the plate rail, and the picture itself is disposed within a frame which may be rectangular, oval, circular, or. any approved and common shape.

Picture hangers are well known, mostly.

of wire or other similar like material, and sometimes partly of cord; but it is the purpose 0f..my invention to construct a device of this character comprising two wire members, one plate member, all three being of metal, and a single piece of cord which will be of the proper strength to. support the load to be thrown upon it. i

The hooks best seen in Figs. 3 and 1 are constructed each of a single piece of wire.

The uppermost hook (see Fig. 3) isbent so.

as to form two eyes 5' connected by a short cross arm 6 which stands at the center of the length of wire from which this hook is made, while the outer extremities of the coils which make said eyes are projected away from each other into legs 7 which are bent back at their outer ends into bills 8 as shown.

In similar manner the lower hook (Fig. 4) comprises two eyes 15 connected by a rather longer cross arm 16, and the outermost convolution of the coil of which each eye is made extends thence downward and outward in aleg 17 and terminates at its eX- tremity in an upbent hook 18 as shown. Thus it will be clear that the'two hooks are practically duplicates excepting that the arms 6 and 16 are of different lengths. This is because it is desirable to support the lower edge of the picture frame at two points which are somewhat remote, whereas the upper edge thereof can be disposed at two points nearer together or might be supported at one point only. If the article being supported were round, it would be firmly engaged by the two lowermost bills 18, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and the entire picture holder would therefore holds such a round article at practically three points.

The third metal member is preferably of sheet metal and has a substantially flat body as seen in Figs. 5 and 6, with a claw at its upper end. Referring-now to Fig. 5, the body 20 has four holes 21, 22, 23 and 24 pierced through it along its lower edge. Above these holes are formed through the body two eyes 25 and 26 extended upward into slots 27 and 28, respectively, narrower than their eyes, for a purpose which will appear. The upper end of the body is bent over to the rear in along hook or claw 29, and in the tip of the same are two notches 30. This plate member may well be made of brass, and it should be stiflenough not to bend under the weight likely to be imposed upon it.

The remaining element of my picture hanger is a single piece of cord. The ends of this cord are knotted together at40 so that in effect the entire cord is one elongated loop- Starting from this point in Fig. 1, I will describe'how the cord is strung through the various members. The .two strands 4:1. of which the loop is here composed pass down in rear of the plate memher (and by the word rear I mean between said plate member and the wall) through the notches 30, through the eyes 25 and 26, thence upward as at 4:2 in front of the plate (and by the word front I mean between said plate and the picture) through the eyes 5' in the upper hook, thencedownward as at 43 close to the picture and in front of the plate, thence to the rear through its holes 22 and 23 to its rear side as seen in Fig. 1, thence downward as at 44, through the lowermost eyes 15, thence upward again as at 45 to the rear of the plate, thence through its holes 21 and 24 to its front, and there unite in a cross strand 46 which constitutes the other end of the loop of cord.

In applying this improved picture hanger to a picture P or the like, the upper and lower hooks are put in place as seen in Figs. 1 and 2 and the various stretches or strands of the looped cord are drawn upon and the plate adjusted so that the latter will stand about midway between the hooks as seen, and the loop-end 41 will be free. After all parts are adjusted this loop is drawn toward the reader in Fig. 1 (or to the left in Fig. 2) until the strands or stretches of the cord are tight, and then it is raised and the two strands of cord where they pass through the eyes 25 and 26 are drawn upward into the slots 27 and 28 so as to bind therein. Finally these strands 41 are laid in the notches 30, and the end of the loop (about where the knot 40 is shown) is engaged over a hook driven into the wall or which may be hung from the picture molding as usual. It will be obvious that on a circular and extremely valuable article such as a plaque, two of the somewhat longer hooks shown in Fig. 4 could be employed, or on an extremely small device two of the smaller hooks shown in Fig. 3 could be employed, and of course one is at liberty to use what cord may be handy or necessary, or even to substitute picture wire for greater strength or string for greater lightness.

A striking feature of my invention consists in the fact that there are no ends to the string or cord, as they are tied together in the form of a loop and this loop is used to engage over the hook or other support. Another strong feature of advantage in my device is the slots 27 and 28 above the eyes 25 and 26 into which slots the suspending strand 41 is finally drawn before the picture is hung up. These slots bite the cord and prevent its slipping back, even if the picture should be accidentally swung aside by the wind or otherwise, and hence the two pairs of strands which run from the plate upward and the other two pairs which run from the plate downward are all prevented from slipping.

The exact sizes and shapes of parts are immaterial to the successful operation of this device.

What is claimed is:

1. A picture hanger comprising a hook for engaging the top of a picture and having a pair of eyes, a hook for engaging the bottom of the picture and having a pair of eyes, a plate arranged intermediate the hooks having a plurality of holes through the bot-- tom thereof and a pair of eyes in the top thereof, the said plate also having slots leading from the said eyes, and a looped cord passing from the bottom of the said plate through the respective eyes of the lower hook, thence upward and through cer tain of the holes in the bottom of the said plate, thence upward and through the eyes in the other hook and then passing through the said eyes in the said plate to be engaged in the said slots, whereby the corresponding end of the loop may be utilized to support the picture.

2. The herein described picture hanger, comprising upper and lower wire hooks each consisting of a central cross arm having eyes at its extremities, legs diverging from said eyes, and bills at the outer ends of the legs; a plate having four holes in its body near its lower end and above them two eyes with slots rising from the eyes, and a rearwardly bent claw at the upper end of the plate having notches in its extremity; and a cord formed into a continuous loop whereof one end lies across the front of said plate and the strands pass through the outermost of said holes, thence downward through the eyes in the lower hooks, thence upward through the innermost of said holes, thence upward through the eyes in the upper hooks, thence downward through the eyes in said plate, thence upward through the notches in said claw, and to the other end of the loop which is adapted to engage a picture hook.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NELS JACOBSONQ Witnesses:

PETER GARRIGAN, SENA JAcoBsoN.

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